"A hoarseness caused by swallowing gold and silver."
— Bribery

January 1, 1970

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Demosthenes, bribed not to speak against Harpalus, he pretended to have lost his voice. Plutarch quotes the accusation as above. Also elsewhere refers to it as the "silver quinsey".